Example sentences of "[vb -s] off [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Muriel writes off these youngsters with their strange clothes and weird hairstyles as if they were a lower kind of creature altogether . |
| 2 | And he finishes off this poem with a description of what he 's now writing . |
| 3 | Brutus starts off this passage with a rhetorical question , and then goes on to explain why he killed Caesar , including all Caesar 's good aspects . |
| 4 | But the frozen ground cuts off many birds , particularly waders , from their normal food supplies . |
| 5 | Guy Sabini shows off another soaraway Spam exclusive |
| 6 | It also features a pyrolytic self-cleaning cycle which , when the oven reaches temperatures of 480°C , burns off all dirt and grease leaving a wipe-away ash deposit . |
| 7 | Normally under a hire purchase agreement as soon as the hirer pays off all moneys due under the agreement , the goods become the hirer 's property . |
| 8 | At a more advanced workshop , tutors with a professional interest may help explain techniques if this is required , though in the first instance the rough-and-ready style of amateurish video pays off more dividends as it intimidates beginners less than a smoothly polished film , and conveys the sense of ‘ being there ’ to the viewers . |
| 9 | You see a familiar name and it sets off all sorts of memories . |
| 10 | It does n't take a doctorate in high finance to notice when a group of companies regularly gobbles up other companies , regardless of their line of business , efficiently dismantles them , and sells off any bits worth selling off , at a healthy profit ! ’ |
| 11 | Drying may be accelerated by flooding the surface with acetone several times ; this carries off some water when it evaporates . |